International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education (IJECEE)

IJECEE articles include book reviews, educational approaches, evaluation models, program descriptions, research investigations, and theoretical perspectives—all anonymously and expertly peer-reviewed. The young children’s caregivers and the communities, institutions, and systems in which the children live are also important focal points. Implications for environmental education policy at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels are sought.
 

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Established September 11, 2013
ISSN 2331-0464 (online)

Yash Bhagwanji, Ph.D.
Executive Editor

Articles in the Latest Issue: Spring 2026

Volume 13, Number 1

Writing Research-to-Practice Briefs: Opportunities for Published Authors and Graduate Students in Advancing Research-Based Practices in Nature-Based Early Learning 

Editorial

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Story as Seed: A Conceptual Framework for Using Picturebooks to Teach Climate Justice with Young Children 

Conceptual

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Honoring Children’s Agency: A Systematic Review of Research With and 
By Children in Environmental Contexts 

Research

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Slowing down, caring deeply, trusting children: An ethnographic study 
of Forest School practice 

Research

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Entangled Gardens, Entangled Lives: Refiguring Presences Toward  
an Ethics of Care and Vulnerability in Preschoolers’ Multispecies Encounters 

Research

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How Cold is Too Cold?  A Descriptive Study of Cold-Weather Play in Minnesota’s Nature-Based Early Learning Programs 

Research

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The value and role of outdoor play: Analyzing early learning and childcare websites

Research

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One Preschool’s Adaptations and Modifications to Maintain Nature-based Programming During COVID-19

Research

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Using our Senses: Book and resource list 

Children's Book and Resources Review

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Volume 1, Number 1

In this issue of Volume 1, read articles on a sense of autonomy in young children's special places; an advocacy initiative; a model of nature play; and highlighted resources and books in early childhood environmental education.

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